Match week two of the A Division season and the sides have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's the ultimate Nepal Army - Machhindra pre-match guide:
This should be an entertaining game with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Nepal Army form and stats
Last season, Nepal Army's league results were 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the A Division. During these 13 matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 7. Performing as the home team in the former season Nepal Army delivered 5-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 2 conceded. A A Division draw at home so far for Nepal Army. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 6 matches.
The spoils were shared in Nepal Army's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nepal Police (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Nepal lost 0-5 at Bengaluru's place.Nepal Army has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Machhindra form and stats
Let's have a look at how Machhindra performed last season in the A Division: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 25 and conceded 8 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 11/5 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against New Road Team in their previous game.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Nepal Army.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Nepal one win, two draws and Machhindra one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Nepal Army missing players
Machhindra missing players
| Nepal Army | Machhindra | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nepal Army | Last season | Machhindra | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 69% | ||
| 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 38% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 23% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 31% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 38% | ||
| 54% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 54% | ||
| 23% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 21.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 11.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | ||
| 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 53% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manang Marshyangdi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sankata | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Satdobato | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Three Star | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Brigade Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Machhindra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chyasal Youth Club | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Nepal Army | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Nepal Police | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Friends Club | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Himalayan Sherpa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | New Road Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Jawalakhel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Armed Police Force | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machhindra | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Nepal Army | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Manang Marshyangdi | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Three Star | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Nepal Police | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Jawalakhel | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Sankata | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | New Road Team | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Chyasal Youth Club | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Himalayan Sherpa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Friends Club | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Armed Police Force | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Brigade Boys | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 9 |
| 14 | Saraswoti Youth | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 4 |